| This thesis deals with the design and fabrication of aspherical rounded-edge geodesic lenses. During the course of this work analytical design formulas for a geodesic lens with diffraction-limited performance were derived, fabrication techniques, including grinding and polishing, were studied and experimental set-ups were established to evaluate the performance of geodesic lenses. Several single and double lenses on LiNbO;The characteristics of Y-cut Ti:LiNbO... |
